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Re:How to stop the decline of public transport in rich count... by gowld on Thursday June 21, 2018 @04:23PM (#17368956)
Drivers and Parkers get a huge free real estate subsidy.

People who don't drive are subsidizing drivers by not joining traffic.

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Re:How to stop the decline of public transport in rich count... by Spivak on Thursday June 21, 2018 @04:39PM (#17369084)
From who? Parking is expensive, or paid for by business owners who want customers, or paid through the tax dollars of mostly drivers.

And if we're talking about subsidies let's take NYC public transportation as an example: They get $6.2B in fares and $8.2B in subsidies from:

- General fund (state & local). - Gas taxes. - Taxes on homeowners. - Property taxes. - Payroll taxes. - Tolls.

So if you want to be gung-ho about killing subsidies you'll be taking most public transportation down with it.

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Re:How to stop the decline of public transport in rich count... by megy on Thursday June 21, 2018 @08:27PM (#17370310)
> Parking is expensive

Not expensive enough to cover the costs.

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Re:How to stop the decline of public transport in rich count... by s0rce on Thursday June 21, 2018 @06:31PM (#17369810)
Per mile traveled are the tax dollars going to roads and parking really less than public transit?
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